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    Cutty Sark
    Cutty Sark Open daily 10am - 5pm Last entry 4.15pm Adult: £22 | Child: £11 Members go free
    Free National Maritime Museum
    National Maritime Museum Open daily 10am-5pm Last entry 4.15pm Free entry Booking recommended
    Free Queen's House
    Queen's House Open daily 10am - 5pm Last entry 4.15pm Free entry Booking recommended
    Royal Observatory
    Royal Observatory Open daily 10am-6pm Last entry 5.15pm Adult: £24 | Child: £12 Members go free
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    The Queen's House Curator Tour: The Art of Naval Portraiture Join Dr Katherine Gazzard, Curator of Art at Royal Museums Greenwich, for a unique tour of the Queen’s House, exploring the complex and often surprising history of naval portraiture
    National Maritime Museum Exhibitions
    Pirates Explore the myth, discover the truth: Pirates at the National Maritime Museum is now open
    Cutty Sark Experiences
    Cutty Sark Rig Climb Experience life at sea and climb the rigging of one of London's true icons
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    Turning our view of the world inside out: introducing the new Ocean Map The National Maritime Museum's Ocean Map reminds us just how much of the Earth is covered by water – and how important the ocean is to our planet
    Turner's 'The Battle of Trafalgar': a maligned masterpiece? J.M.W. Turner's vast naval scene is a treasure of the Royal Museums Greenwich collection, but why was it so controversial when it was unveiled in 1824?
    Nina Baker: one of the first women navigation officers in the Merchant Navy Learn about Dr Nina Baker’s struggle to become one of the first women navigation officers in the British Merchant Navy
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    The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre Come behind the scenes at our state-of-the-art conservation studio
    Caird Library Visit the world's largest maritime library and archive collection at the National Maritime Museum
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The Queen's House Reopening Festival
From tours to talks, take part in free activities inspired by our latest rehang
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Members' Talk: The Art of Naval Portraiture
Celebrate the publication of a new book by Museum curator Dr Katherine Gazzard with this special talk at the Queen's House
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Who was Mary Prince?
Historian Stella Dadzie gives an insight into the life of the abolitionist and author
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Constellations
The 88 constellations act as a handy map of the skies and a seasonal calendar used from ancient times. But what connects the stars in the same constellation?
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1919 solar eclipse
Learn more about the 1919 solar eclipse. A solar eclipse is a spectacular event in of itself, but this event was particularly important both for scientists of the time and of the present.
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Cosmology
What was the Big Bang and what makes us think this is a productive theory of how everything started?
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